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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
4
The document lists Progressive candidates for state and federal offices led by Gifford Pinchot and William Draper Lewis with remarks on party principles. It portrays the Progressives as offering a cleaner alternative and critiques the old party’s leadership, urging reformist hope amid perceived corruption.
A compact argument contrasts def inite advertising with vague praise and critiques the old Republican party. It urgesProgressives to stay away from graft dominated leadership, and stresses giving concrete specifics in ads to boost sales and influence.
The State Legislative Reference Bureau at Harrisburg will publish a complete borough laws code in the near future as part of a threefold codification effort including taxation and corporations. Planned to parallel the 1911 school code, the project aims to remove obsolete laws and simplify borough governance, addressing chaotic existing statutes.
S W Straus head of the American Society for Thrift issues a list of thrift tips for housewives. The guidance covers buying with price and quality in mind, cash purchases, avoiding debt, using a noninflamable fireless cooker, shopping in bulk, tracking expenditures, avoiding last minute deliveries, and steering clear of loan sharks. It argues savings of about 10 percent are possible with system and self control, discouraging waste and prideful spending.
A moral essay argues against living to please neighbors. It warns that keeping up with others leads to debt and loss of self respect. It urges households to set their own standard based on needs and income, ignoring social scrutiny.
The report compares annual murder totals by country, citing Italy at about 2,500, Russia at about 2,400, and Spain at about 1,600 murders per year. The figures emphasize relative scales of homicide in these nations.
A reflective essay contrasts adults condemning a boy for stealing fruit with the nostalgia of Old Home Week. It explores why gardeners and communities treat fruit theft differently and notes how shrinking home gardens heighten such thefts while praising gardening as wholesome despite its costs.
A collection of sharp observations on price rises meat sugar and public opinion. Comments touch on profiteers strikes women in history and a push by Pennsylvania convicts to abolish the saloon. The tone critiques society while noting holiday meal worries and wartime austerity.
A Massillon man plans to sue the Labor Day committee over a balloon ascent cancellation his wife hoped to make with the aeronaut. He alleges damages for the failed ride amid strong winds. Carranza orders 400 Catholic priests and nuns to leave Mexico.
The Warren Mail office offers prompt and reasonable printing services for auction bills syrup labels letter heads and other job printing needs.
Poetic fragment lists simple pleasures from childhood voices and camp smoke to home comforts and loved ones. Jessie Storris notes in Church Home Quarterly and The Independent records reflect on Great War responsibility and national voices.
The article reviews diplomatic White Papers showing why nations entered World War I. Austria cited Servia’s refusal to allow Austrian officials to investigate killings. Servia argued sovereignty. Russia mobilization and Austria’s war, Germany’s fear of mobilization, France and Belgium invocations, and England’s treaty concerns are outlined. Japan’s treaty with Britain is noted. The impartial historian is said to later apportion blame.
Plans for a Warren County agricultural association to hold annual fairs move forward with a $27000 capital stock and over $5000 subscribed. An option on the Hazeltine farm at Conewango Avenue head is secured for a race track and buildings on 65 acres adjoining Warren borough. Even if the fair fails the property should be valuable as building lots in ten years.
The October 4 issue promises Conan Doyle's The Valley of Fear, a challenging Holmes tale, plus Shorty McCabe with a fresh, funny experience in Two Singles to Goober. The rest of the issue is described as cheerful and wholesome with other features to match.
Returning wounded soldiers describe brutal acts by German troops including amputations and use of Red Cross wagons to fire on the wounded. They accuse Germans of exploiting French uniforms and seizing nurses, with American observers skeptical of German lies.
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